Entitlement

Who can apply for a Laissez-Passer?

The Staff Regulations (Article 23 paragraph 3) and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants (Articles 11 and Article 81) foresee the list of eligible applicants.

Council Regulation 1417/2013 has extended in Article 1 of its Annex II the scope of the previous Regulation by adding new categories of so-called special applicants who may be granted a laissez-passer subject to respecting a certain number of conditions. Those conditions are listed in Article 2 of its Annex II.

List of eligible and special applicants

Heads of Units

Officials in grade AD12 to AD16

Officials serving outside the territory of the European Union

Other officials for whom it is required in the interest of the service

shall be granted a laissez-passer issued by the European Union.

Family members of a member of an institution

If they are on long stay outside the Union, including long-term posting:

Family members of officials and other servants of the Union who fulfil the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of other servants

Official and other servants of the Union who do not fulfil those conditions and their family members

Seconded National Experts (SNE) and their family members

Junior Professionals in Delegations (JPD) and their family members

may be granted a laissez-passer issued by the European Union

NEWS

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